Archive for the ‘News & Views’ Category

Ithaca mayoral candidates, including Svante Myrick, Janis Kelly, Wade Wykstra, Christopher Kusznir, and J.R. Clairborne, agree to disagree on local issues

You usually wouldn’t expect to find a fine dining bistro packed inside a typical commercial plaza boasting, among other businesses, a Rent-A-Center and the Tompkins County Department of Motor Vehicles. But if you are planning on dining out one evening at Mira Mediterranean Bistro, that’s what you will find: a cozy, yet contemporary, restaurant found [...]

Analyzing declining student activism on IC’s campus Like many incoming students, Kirstie Ingmundson got involved with a service club, IC Habitat for Humanity, during her first year of college because she saw it as a way to make a difference. However, only about 10 students plus the officers attend general meetings, and six to seven [...]

By C.J.* My freshman year packing list looked a little like this: Books? Check. Parka? Check. Virginity? Check. OK, nobody was going to see that list anyway. But I packed away my virginity in the same way you’d pack away your stuffed puppy, Chuckles—in a dark, secluded corner of your closet that not even your [...]

Mainstream media fail to adequately investigate the Egyptian revolution As a sea of protesters packed streets and city squares, Hosni Mubarak’s presidency crumbled. With the fall of Mubarak, U.S. mainstream media quickly demonstrated hesitancy to explore certain unsightly aspects of the Egyptian revolution. While reporting on Egypt, influences like the political sway of Egypt’s pro-Israeli [...]

New budget cuts will affect programs for youth Monica Rigucci is a sophomore at Ithaca High School. After receiving job training and interview practice from the Ithaca Youth Bureau Youth Employment Services, Rigguci was offered a job at Cass Park. She was the first of her friends to have a summer job. “I learned so [...]

In March 2010, Buffalo Street Books, a staple of the Ithaca downtown landscape, was forced to close. Until, of course, its owner approached fundraising with a unique angle, turning the store into a co-op and reopening within two months.

By Ryan Sharpstene If in the past month you’ve found yourself stopping for a minute staring inside the large front windows of South Cayuga Street’s newest eatery, Culture Shock, you’re not alone.   It’s hard not to stop on the busy side street to the Commons when you notice the new neon-green painted walls, disco [...]

How the TC3 experience differs from IC and Cornell By Maureen Tant Both Ithaca College and Cornell University help drive the local economy and dramatically increase Ithaca’s seasonal population, but there is another secondary education institution in Tompkins County, one that might not be immediately apparent to a non-local: Tompkins Cortland Community College.  Undergraduate tuition [...]

The movement to remove conflict minerals from campus By Gena Mangiaratti It’s hard to imagine how an iPod can be related to a war, but the materials used to make such technology are often from conflict areas.  In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, poor governing in the war-torn eastern region has allowed for armed [...]